by Tony Conner | Nov 29, 2023 | Lesson
Paint Winter Trees In A Stark Winter Landscape WHAT YOU’LL LEARN How to create a simple, strong two value composition Practice mixing useful neutral color mixtures to keep the scene lively even though it is a gray winter day Use a value composition along with lively...
by Tony Conner | Nov 10, 2023 | Skill
LOGIN To Access This Lesson How To Paint Shiny Ornaments In Watercolor It’s all about the reflections WHAT YOU’LL LEARN Using hard-edged texture for distinct reflections The important placement of light-dark contrasts The few ‘rules’ for painting...
by Tony Conner | Oct 27, 2023 | Skill
Transparent glass is seen only because we see other objects through, under and reflected in the surface of the glass. Thick glass the edges and base also seem less transparent and so they add to the sense of form. With a subject like this, there is a tendency to draw...
by Tony Conner | Oct 27, 2023 | Skill
A group of jar lids is not what you’d call a typical subject. But, this subject, and other ‘unusual’ subjects provide an opportunity to explore new materials and techniques. In this case, we’ll work on Hot Press Paper – a unique surface with both strengths and...
by Tony Conner | Sep 21, 2023 | Skill
Paint An Evening Sky – Wet In Wet The wet-in-wet technique is the most important and most basic watercolor painting technique. Use it in this lesson to make quick work of an evening sky in late fall. Just for fun, we’ll add a late fall landscape and try to...
